Thanks for your comments. I first used this exercise more as an icebreaker – it’s interesting how many more parallels it has to KM than I first realised…

The decision process that determines how many people one should show their cards to and how much one should risk in looking for higher hands would be revealing for sure.

How often do we see people keep information, which could be valuable to others, close to the chest? How often do we find that individuals need more and more (endless) information before making a decision, only to come to find that the opportunity has passed by? The connections in our world expand so quickly that clinging to data and information often forfeits us valuable advantages – there’s a lesson here somewhere.

I really like this exercise for what it reveals about the potential differences in the decisions of those with winning and losing hands. Thanks for the post!

Nick

Thanks for the comment. I agree with your statement that learning should be enjoyable. The next question is what do we find enjoyable? This reflects the need to cater for different learning styles in our audience.

A curious mind is a desirable thing. There is another blog post in the type of people that make good knowledge workers/managers – the recent discussion on actKM brought out a few interesting comments on this.

– Keith.